Button-attaching machine



(No Model.)

H.- TONE.

BUTTON ATTAGHING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 24, 1888.-

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS. Hmlo-Utrwgraphor. Wulflngicm, o. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE. Y

HARRISON TONE, OF DnNIsoN, axes.

BUTTON-ATTACHKING MACHINE.

SPECIPICATION forining part of Letters, Patent No. 376,971, datedJanuary 24, 1888. 7

Serial No. 242, 17. (No model) v 1 Application filed June 24, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRISON TONE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denison, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas, havein vented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-SettingMachines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecification, reference being had to the drawings, forming partthereof, in which--' Figure 1 is aside view of my improved device. Fig.2 is a topplan view of the die. Fig.3 is a cross-section on line as m,Fig. 2, showing the button in position ready to be secured to thefabric. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing thebuttonsecured to the fabric.Fig. 5 is a View showing front and rear of button with the staple inplace. Fig. 6 is a View of the staple. Fig. 7 shows the forms of thestaple after same has been pressed through the" fabric, &c., and Fig. 8is a view of a'modification hereinafter referred to.

The object of the invention is to providea machine for securing theordinary four-holed metal button to pants; and the invention consists inthe construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

A represents the die, which is provided with an upward-projectingflange, B, around its outer edge,andwith a central projection; Qhavingtwo parallel oblique-curved recesses,

D. The die, is mounted on asuitable base, E, having upward-projectingears F, between which the rear end of the pivoted arm G is.

, thrown back, as shown in Fig.1, a staple is placed in thelower end ofthe guide H, and a button, K, is laid face down upon the die, the

projection 0 extending into the concavity of the button. The article towhich the button is to be secured is brought over the button, the arm Gis turned down, and a washer having two apertures is placed upon thelower ends of the staple. A sharp blow is now given the plunger J, whichwill force the staple through the goods and two oppositeholes of thebutton, when the ends of the staple will 5 that the points of the staplemay strike theopposite ends thereof.

It is manifest that the machine may be made *with afixed arm, G, or inthe form of a hand implement, as showninFig. 8, where the parts are thesame as in Fig. 1, except that the die, tubular guide, and its anvil orpunch are secured at the outer endsof the two pivoted hand-levers,whichserve as a base and a hinged I arm, respectively.

In practice several sizes of the'die may be Y provided, so thatdifferent sizes of buttons may be operated upon. Instead of a continuousmaterial to which the buttons are to be seen red is very strong. o I aHaving thusd'escribedmyinvention, what I claim; as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machi combination, with the plunger, of the-die below the same,having oblique parallel curved recesses in its upper face, substantial]y as set forth.

I flange, B, a series ofproj ections may be formed, if desired. Inso'meinstan'ces the washer may. be dispensedwith as, for. instance, whenthe he for attaching buttons, the 5 2. In a button-settingmachine, thediehav- .90 .tral oblique parallel curved recesses therein,

'ing a concave upper face formed with the censnhstantially asset forth.

3. In a buttonsetti-ngmachine, the die having a central projection toenter the concavity ing a peripheral flangeand a central projec- 4. Idabutton-setting niachine,-the die-haw of a button and parallel obliquecurved re- I tion on its upper face having parallel curved oorecesses,.substantially as set forth.

j HARRISON TONE.

Witnesses: o

FRANZ KOHFELDT,

O. M. Davis.

